The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2018 African Swimming Championships was held on 10 September 2018.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordKliment Kolesnikov24.00Glasgow4 August 2018African recordGerhard Zandberg24.34Rome2 August 2009Championship recordAhmed Hussein26.00Cairo12 August 2002
The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 10 September Final Mohamed Samy 25.49 CR
Results Heats The heats were started on 10 September at 10:25.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jacques van Wyk26.12 Q 2 Mohamed Samy26.23 Q 3 Abdellah Ardjoune26.77 Q 4 Ali Khalafalla26.81 Q 5 Mehdi Nazim Benbara26.83 Q 6 Bradley Vincent27.00 Q 7 Driss Lahrichi27.55 Q 8 Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari28.12 Q 9 Kobe Ndebele28.35 10 Daniel Francisco29.43 11 Alvin Omondi29.77 12 Adama Ndir29.92 13 Mohammed Yousuf Bin Mousa30.20 14 Swaleh Talib30.22 15 Adnan Kabuye30.89 16 Maemo Sebikiri33.04 Heriniavo RasolonjatovoOnyemeehi OputeSadiq Yahaya
Final The final was started on 10 September.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Mohamed Samy 25.49 CR 4 Jacques van Wyk 25.90 3 Abdellah Ardjoune 26.54 4 6 Ali Khalafalla 26.89 5 2 Mehdi Nazim Benbara 26.96 6 1 Driss Lahrichi 27.05 7 7 Bradley Vincent 27.24 8 8 Mohamed Aziz Ghaffari 27.51
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